Best Place to Meet Rock Stars

Monster Music & Movies

Staff Pick

As if the monthly Vinyl Saturday wasn’t enough to get you through the door of Monster Music and Movies, their commitment to get free, all-ages, in-store shows certainly is. Not only does the store consistently host great gigs by local artists like Heyrocco and Logan Venderlic, it’s also a pitstop for touring acts like Portland’s Mimicking Birds and Atlanta’s Concord America. But perhaps the best moment — scratch that — definitely the best moment of the past year was when The Doors drummer John Densmore stopped in to sign copies of his book The Doors Unhinged: Jim Morrison’s Legacy Goes on Trial. We stood in line for hours getting sunburned just to get a glimpse of the famous drummer, and for that experience we say, “Hello, we love you, Monster.”